Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1921, Page 6

) ] N ] N THE EVENING STAR, WASH Morning Editfon. "WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . ... July 14, 192_1 THEODORE W. NOYES he Evenlog Star Newspaper Company Rusiness Ofiice, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. w Yy » t 15 mau St Bank Kuilding. . London, England. THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday .Edlitor 0 European Office: 3 Ite, The Evening Star. with the Sunday moruing edition, is delivered by carriers within the city daily only, 43 cents per 20 per month. _ Or- ail. or telep) Main ec is made by carrlers at the h month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Marylend and Virginia. Paily and Sunday. .1 Daily only... . ‘Sunday onl mo., 70c v § mo., 50¢ 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo, 200 All Other States. Dally and Sunday.1yr., $10.0 Jayr, $T.0 -1yr. $3.0 Sunday enl Revise the War Taxes. President Harding, in his recent ad- dress to the Senate on the unwisdom of soldier bonus legislation at this time, confined himself in the main strictly to the major object of his visit o the Capitol. He had come before the senior legislative body to point ont the grave dangers with which such legislation would be attended bulk of his argument was toward that end. But with his major conclusively point courageously and made, the President, in his closing paragraphs, took occasion to touch upog other matters which weigh heavily upon his mind. “There is confessed disappointment | h been mad that so little progr in the readjustment and reduction of the war-time ta: " he said. “1 be- liever you share with me the earnest wish for an early accomplishment.” And again, “I want to emphasize the suggestion that the accomplishment of the major tasks for which you were asked to sit in extr: v session effect on the entire countey and speed our resump- tion of normal activitics and their re- wards, which tend to make a prosper- ous and happy people.” The President, restrained by the established need for diplomatic finesse in the relationships between the ex- ecutive and the legislat branches of the government, of necessity under- stated the case. There more than “confessed disappointment” through- out the nation at the congressional failure to supply taxation relief. The popular reaction might be fairly de- scribed as “stern resentuent.”” While Congress has debated von the tarif?, the soldier bonus and series of sud- sidiary bills the ex profits and excessive surtaxes have continued to strangle business through the driving of capital from productive industry to non-income -tax - paying securi- ties. Business, denied the assurances essential to its health, has sickened, and as a result hundreds of thou- sands of men and women, eager for productive employment, are without jobs. President Harding is aware of this condition of affairs and of its inevi- table reaction upon the party of which he is the leader. He is most anxious to see the grave mistake made when Congress elected to take up the tariff before the tax-revision measures recti- fied. With the soldier bonus bill once out of the way (and that it must be put out of the way should now be apparent to all) only the tariff bill will impede the swift readjustment of the war taxes. Whether or not that measure can Be recommitted or withdrawn at this period of the de- bgte is a matter of opinion. Shoyld it be found to be impossible so to handle the situation, the best course WA be-to press forward vigorously in the determination to dispose of the fariff_and get down to_ the all-impor- nt matter of tax revision. For every an that passes with the war taxes Btill in effect serves to postpone the return of those “good times” for which the nation’ is clamoring. —_——— A sltuation might be simplified if all warships were to follow a strange precedent by wandering out to sea and permanently losing themselves. —_——————————— The beefsteak is not yet holding its own with the potatoes in the course of price reduction. An understanding between England and Ireland will set an example that should be of valug the world over. No Preliminary Conference, The suggestion has come from Lon- don that preliminary to the disarma- ment conference here under the in- vitation of President Harding a dis- cussion be held at London on the far eastern question, in order that the premiers of the British colonies may agree upon these questions. It is, of course, impossible for this country to limit in any way the progzram of | its par- in the disarmament meet- rable by that the British government in ticipation ing, and if it is felt d government to hold a conference of colonial premiers at London before coming here there is no reason why such a meeting should not be held. But it is decidedly not desirable to have the question of the far east in any way discussed internationally at London, or elsewhere than in Wash- ington, before the disarmament con- férence is held in this cit President Harding has plainly shown ! in his statement announcing the in-! wvitation to the principal allled and as- sociated powers to confer on disarma. ment that the questions of the far international agreements. ers invited and attending come with open minds as one to another, however Qefinite may be their views and poli- cies and purposes as a result of con- sultations and considerations at home. 1t any good is to come from the dis- armament conference—and much is hoped from it—it shauld be on the whole question of war potentialities in that region of the world where fric- tion is most lfkely. No preliminary confererive on\ the far east can pos- sibly help to that end, and such a con- ference would probably be harmful. Summer Outings. Tt is sticky and hot and wilting in the cities these days, and the children of Washington whose parents are un- able to take them out where big ‘green trees make shaded - patches in the sunshine and there is plenty of room for romping barelegged out of doors are having a dreaty, sickening time. Sun-baked asphalt is hot on little feet; tall buildings cut off the breezes that hurry past on their way to the hill- side pick or an honest-to-goodness stream in which to wade and splash. Days hard to bear for the grown-ups, but harder by far for the youngsters! So the summer outings committee is on the job; Camps Good Will and Pleasant are running full force; and all that is needed to give two weeks of comfort and and play to chil- dren and mothers who need It so wely is the mailing of a check to those competent and happy to do the rest. The.camps, one for white and one for colored children and their moth- ers, offer to those who would other- wise never know the healthful rest and relaxation of a fortnight in the country the outing which makes all the difference between a hateful or a joyful summer. Here undernourish- ed and pale children and mothers overworked and worried with home cares rest and play and drink deep of clear air, returning laughing and re- freshed for the year that lics ahead. To make this possible is a charity so sound and satisfactory as to deserve the generous support of the com- munity. The number of children and mothers who can be cared for at the camps this: summer depends entirely upon the financial support accorded the summer soutings committee by those who, understanding the happiness their dollors can bring to those to Wwaom bappiness s too oftcn a atranger, are willing to contribute toward this work. With the cry of the youngsters, “Send me! And M nd ME, too!” ringing in our ears it cannot be that we will turn aw: A Juvenile Clinic Needed. A bill is pending before the House District committee, which granted a hearing on it yesterday, that calls for| careful and favorable consideration. It makes for the betterment of the children of the District and the pre- vention of disease and crime among them. Under its terms a clinle will be established under the direction of the judge of the Juvenile Court for |- the examination of children for men- tal and physical defects. Such a clinic Wi conducted with the aid of the public health service for some time here, and a surprisingly large number of deficients was found among those brought before the Juvenile Court. It is proposed to make this a regular feature of the court work, in the hope of detecting dangers in the form of demoralizing disease and mental de- ficiencles. Many a child is rated as “bad,” given to mischief and serious miscon- duct, who is in fact abnormal, lacking in some degree in mental functions, or perhaps afflicted with disease. Most of these cases are among the ignorant and poor, where the children are not given adequate attention and live in .| conditions that make for moral de- terioration. Washington is peculiarly unpro- tected in this respect. There is no means of detecting the physical and mental deficiencies of tha children who form the main body of Juvenile Court deéfendants. There is no safe- guard against the development of criminal tendencies, and there is no place where those thus afflicted can be kept for care add cure. The bill now pending proposes a means for ascertaining these conditions. It should be but the first of a series of enactments providing a system of | protection that will assure that the children of Washington are being given their best chance to develop into wholesome manhood and womane hood. # Gold is coming into this country in large quantities. As usual, the prob. Jem of distribution is the important element of the transaction. f .Being president of the German re- public is not a difficult matter for a man as free from exaggerated ego as 1 Ebert appears to be. f | Railroads are planning to restore conditions which will not make the | inducement to travel by automobile i;n m quite so strong. The Broken Boardwalk. | By good chance the accident’ at Chesapeake Beach last evening, caused by a collapse of part of the boardwalk, took no lives, though many were in- - jured in the crash of timbers. In the | circumstances many . deaths might In short,|road facilities are under observation. acceptance of the invitation should be [ Bridges are inspected from time to equivalent to assurance that the pow- | time. | sort within convenient distance. ; and there is never a flower to] | They ar east are regarded as inseparably asso-| well have resulted. The accident ap- ciated with the problem of reducing pears to have been due to weakness the war-inviting, tax-multiplying bur- | of the structure at the point of great- dens of armament. The invitation to|est congestion. It is evident that lit- China to participate is a plain notice | tle attention is paid to these construc- 1o this effect, for China is not a mili- | tions after they are once completed. tary power and has a place in the!It is taken for granted that ‘they are disarmament council only because the | sound and strong enough to bear all conditions that affeet it are precisely | weights. "Week after week passes, those that maks for international com- | scason after season, and fothing hap. petition in provision of war materials. | pens. Perhaps the sea will wash out It is altogether Great Britain’s busi- ness to secure an understanding be- tween the premiers of the colonies before coming to Washington. It is, however, altogether the business of this country that the conference held at its invitation should be free, full and unchecked by any prellmlna‘.ry‘ {the foundations and compel rebuild- ing, but as a rule in these places of public resort what is is good enough until by chance it is proved other- wise. Seemingly there is no official in- spection of places of public resort But structures llke the board- walk or dancing pavilions are rather taken for granted. It is nobody's business, it would seem, to look at the underpinnings or the uprights, or the floors. 1If a board rots and a hole de- velops it may be replaced or patched. But down below weakness is constant- ly developing. Wood deteriorates in the conditions of such a place end it is only a question of time when it gives way under pressure. This accident naturally calls for an official investigation by the authpri- ties of Maryldnd to ascertain whether there are any other danger - points. The people of Washington are espe- cially concerned. Chesapeake Beach s practically their only waterside re- It is summer of great The conditions the crows scene each from this {of transport to and from the beach and at the beach itself directly affect their welfare. It is, of course, incum- bent upon the owners and manag of the line and resort to guarantee public safety. But there should be some official pressure to make this guarantee assured. —_————— This Year's Outstanding Campaign. Fusion against Tammany in the coming mayoralty campaign is being urged, and will probably be effected. It will be the outstanding campaign of the year, topping those of a state character. For this reason: New York s the Empire state, and as such cuts {2 big figure in national affairs. Just now the republicans are in charge. strong even in the metropo- lis, which ordinarily is the seat of democratic influence. The Tiger, through necessity, must put its best paw fMremost. It must {resain, if possible, its former hold on laffairs. The mayoralty is now at is- |sue. Next year the governorship will be in the scale. Upon the result of the two contests will depend in larg measure the power of the state at the {next democratic national convention. | It is like this: 1f Tammany re. gains complete control in town this ar it will be inspired to strive the harder in next year's state race, with former Gov. Smith its probable candidate for governor, and if suc cessful in that it will have some claim the democratic nomination for Presi- dent in 1 Fighting in a corner and at a dis- advantage, Tammany is yet not to be dospiset as 2n aentagonist. It is bore ahd practiced fighter, with man redoirces; and with so much at stake it may be expected to do its best next fall. The republicans are well ad- vised, therefore, in arranging for as jvigorous a contest as possible. —— The reduction in the cost of living | has not vet impressed itself on the voung lady whose idea of a square meal is two or three courses of ice cream soda. —_——— A conference successful in limiting armament might reasonably hope at future sessions to arrange for none at all. ——— As the Hohenzollerns look back on :vents they must realize their mis take in not being among the earli advocates of a world peace. —— | It would require a Ponzi to promise a national Treasury equal to all the {demands suggested from time to time. ———— i A watchdog of the Treasury is now }expected to be more of an expert ac. countant than an orator. So far as business and politics are concerned, Lenin is unable to tell one from the other. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Baby 1 saw a pretty haby bo: Who laughed in careless glee. The world held nothing to annoy. A happy elf was he. Some day he will grow up and make His way, like other folks, | And smoke cigars and stay awake ‘Where people tell rough jokes. Some day he’ll maybe drive a mule ‘With language most severe, Or seck in ways of wealth to rule And be a profiteer. Some day ingratitudes will smart As friends remain well hid; Some day a girl will break his heart— 'Or make him think she did. And so T said, “Go to it, son, While sunshine fills the skies; Now is the time to havé your fun Before you get too wise.” Relaxation. “I find work more enjoyable since I took to motoring,” remarked Mr. Chuggins. “Doesn't work interfere with rid- ing?" ‘ “No. T need the change. My regu- lar work takes my mind off my trou- bles with the flivver.” Valuable Discipline. “Josh says he’s going to take up aviation.” .“If he does,” replied Farmer Corn- tossel, “he’ll learn to be a heap more careful about keepin' machinery inre- pair than he ever was while workin' around the farm. Far-Fetched Gratitude. 1t is by far too warm to eat. It is, indeed, too warm to dress. Perhaps we ofight to thank the heat , That makes the cost of living less. Jud Tunkinssays a man who prides himself on saying a thing and stick- ing to it is liable to get as tiresome as a whippoorwill, Candid Appreciation. “Your country should be grateful for your services.” “Well,” replied Sgnator - Sorghum, ‘my country has had the benefit of upon attention as to the naming of |} alfo M .Editorial Digest Tampico, 0il and Taxes. American warships fn Mexican wa- ters have agaln raised a discinsion in the newspapers as to the oil situation and its effect upon President Obre- gon's relations with the United States. Most of the press looks upon anything Ilke a show of force that may stir up trouble as undesirable, while Some feel that the whole question is one into which the government is being torced by oil interests. Obregon comes in for a share of blame for interfer- ing with foreign rights, but there are those who plead his case and demand further ‘patience” on the part of (Uncle Sam. To the Chicago Tribune (independ- ent republiean) discussion of the Tampico situation gives opportuntty to urge intervention, for “diplomatic agreements,” it belleves, are uselest and “a protectorate” or “an arrange- ient such as exists in the case of Cuba” s inevitable. The Albany Knickerbocker Press _ (republican), while it does not go as far as this, re- joices in the fact that “the day is over when an American in Mexico or anywhere else is not to have the wlhole power of his government be- hind him so long as he is behaving himselt and within his rights.” This “knowledge that the first thought of the present administration is sction of American lives i - of satisfaction to the Buf- 1 sending of warships to Tamp! the opinion of the Cle Dealer (independent democratic), is * zreat disappointment” to Obregon's well wishers, for “it savors too much of the old Carranza policy of heck- ling and irritation As to the direct issue, the threat- ened riots of ofl workers at Tampico, there is a decided difference of opin- ion s to just where the rights lie Ordering the oil companies to pay a three-month bonus to all men whom they discharge means that Obregon is killing the goose that lays the golden eREs, says the Hartford Times (demo- cratic), “because the taxes imposed by the government” on oil are “confisc: * herce the com- ranles found it necessary to close their works. However, not all American writers are satisfled that this e justified. “It reasonably sumed,” the Richmond Times-Dis- patch '(democratic) thinks, “that an- other factor which has influenced su; pension of shipments ofl prices In the Unit The Baltimore Sun democratic) that the last v Americans heen free to guess that the propagan- | da an oil companies € a vart in the d resulted | hips to Tampico to prot ompanic the whole trouble.’ The Johnstown Democrat cratic) is inclined b President Obregon directly on the sore that the American menting trouble in this countr. Mexico is chiefly concerned taxes,” and the Columbia (8. C.) (democratic) sugi s that the el ment of rce majeure” has been in- troduced to our negotiations with Mexico because “the money of big busines: has called for it. As the w Orleans Times-Picayune (independent democratic) looks at it, there is only one solution—"our own State Department will have to under- take the necessary thouzh not very pleasant task of ascertaining whether the Mexicin gov 3 venue collection ible for (demo- ieve that pot when he group whic s and has tra ersed e . or whether the oil compa for purposes of their own, are by shutdowns and ‘labor troubles, force withdrawal of a p=rfectly fensible tax levy.” At present. hov ever. the Harrisburg Telegraph (re- publican) remarks, “there is a su picion. not wholly unjustifiable, that the Mexicans, being too shiftless or incompetent, If not something worse, to develop their own resources, prefer to subsist on the enterprise of Brit- ish and American oil producers.” In any case, a number of “write: feel that there v about. S New York Post (in- dependent): hecause he has taken such nd open stand with regard to the whole question of our relations with Mexico and Obre- gon, it is_out of the question that Secretary Hughes. putting all other considerations aside, would lend him- self to the ancient and evil game of hunting for ‘incidents’ as an excuse! for aggressive policies.” H “There is no_cause for excitement,” declares the Columbus Dispatch (in- dependent), for. as the Canton Re- pository (republican) explains, “there nothing of an aggressive nature ibout the movement of ships. It is merely a step to aid unfortunates in time of need. A National Art Collection. | The new National Gallery commis- | sion, a body of sixteen artists or men ! interested in art. will give “early at- | tention to the provision of a suitable building.” It is Co| that vears | o should have carly atten- | as in the case of the federal by an apvrovriation for al The national art collection s the Smithsonfan Museum, from 1846. But it is so little known that Buchanan's niece in 1903 bequeathed her valuable art col lection to the National Gallery when the government should establish one. The gallery's head some vears ago said that it contained small collec- | tions ill housed. Of recent years, however, the accessions have been important. until the new commission telleves_that the whole collection is worth $7.000,000. Charles A. Freer of Detroit gave one large collection, about one-third of its objects being American. William T. Evans of New York gave a number of valuable paintings by cotemnorary Americans. In 1919 the gallery announced from Ralph Cross Johnson “a rare gift of | twenty-four ‘paintings. which com- prises selections rrom the work of nineteen_of Burope's foremost mas- ters.” Yet this whole collection is jammed in with exhibits on natural history, technology and industry, i which, growing at the rate of several hundred thousand accessions a year, would be crowded if by themselves. Our Natfonal Gallery has had to struggle against three great obsta- cles. The first, its obscurity, is di appearing. The second has been the unwillingness of many generous art cwners to give to the federal gover: ment, which seems both rich and un- grateful, when municipal collections are poor and effusively thankful. This prejudice is being dissivated .by a growing interest in the idea of a rep- resentative national collection. The third obstacle has been the lack of decent houring. If Congress would provide a spacious and beautiful mu- | seum, to gifts from all parts of America.— New York Post (independent). The Philippines ask freedom and $15,000.000. Where will this divorce dnd alimony craze stop?’—El Paso Times. its mere existence would lead : | American rag is of two varieties— jazz and the one So many persons are chewing.—Colorado Springs Tele- graph. Volstead is going to lose some prestige when it becomes generally known that he chews tobacco.— Janesville (Wis.) Gazette. Soft lights in the home would help to prevent divorce, says a scientist. And soft words are even better.—EIl Paso Herald. Letting Germa ?y try her own war etting all the par- ents act as judges at the baby show— nobody fails to win a prize.—Kansas City Star. 1f Washington is as hot as the criminals is like my ‘best efforts. But it has shown me | TSt of the country it ought not sur- enough. kindness to prevent me from ‘trying to convey the impression that to safeguard against accident. Rail-|the obligation is all on one uqld.g.‘t * prise any one to read that Mr. Hughes, who has to stay tI . is the policy of standing firmly for th your policy. of the bile, WE pay it. Analytical Insurance Digests Our Insurance service amounts to much more than the mere writing of WE insure it. 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